As far as I know in other previous cases, as in the Farrugia Sacco case, the PM waited for the decision of the CAJ.

[Daphne – David, the PM is not constitutionally obliged to refer to the Commission for the Administration of Justice. The decision to bring a motion for impeachment is his and his alone. In this case as in others, the CAJ is being used as a barge-pole with which to keep at bay responsibility for this decision.]

No I think you are wrong. The PM cannot investigate members of the judiciary. The Commission can, rather, should do so. A PM who acts without an investigation by the CAJ would be abusing his position.

[Daphne – David, please try hard to grasp this. Investigating a magistrate or judge and bringing a motion for the impeachment of a magistrate or judge are two separate issues. The prime minister does not require any investigation for an impeachment motion to be brought. He can go with the available facts, and if he has the support of two-thirds of the house, the impeachment will be successful. The impeachment of magistrates is not like jailing somebody for murder. There does not have to be an investigation, a trial and proof of ‘guilt of a crime’. It is enough for a magistrate or judge to be disreputable and a disgrace to his position, and Carol Peralta most certainly is both. The essential point you seem to miss is that people must have absolute trust and faith in judges and magistrates. That is not something you investigate, like a crime.]

You are not pessimistic, Manuel, you are realistic.
There will be a lot of ‘massaging’ between now and January 13 when Parliament reconvenes and a lot of partying by Peralta whose guests, no doubt, will include some in very strategic places!
Muscat is double-faced, irresponsible, unconscientious and narcissistic.
I doubt he will present a motion to impeach Peralta.

You are correct, while David doesn’t even know what the Commission for the Administration of Justice is all about.

It is just a secret lodge where people’s complaints against lawyers and against the bench are treated in absolute secrecy.

And no justice is ever meted out by this useless commission. It should be disbanded and removed from our Constitution.

Significant, that is, as long as they are white and do not come to Malta on boats.

I can just see you partying at the bench in thirty years’ time, David. You fill the requirements to a T.

[Daphne – Wrong again, David. The Commission for the Administration of Justice does not come into it at all. It is the prime minister’s prerogative to bring a motion for impeachment before parliament and he doesn’t need the Commission’s say-so. When prime ministers refer the matter to the CAJ it is to distance themselves from the decision or because they need an excuse not to take a decision themselves. However, whatever the CAJ decides, the decision to bring the motion or not is the prime minister’s alone. The prime minister does not take orders from, nor is he answerable to, the Commission for the Administration of Justice. I trust the matter is now clear.]